Is Tax Really Needed?

Opinion - Reader Views

August 12, 2001

Can it be true that, without voters approving the 1-cent sales-tax increase in Seminole County in September, the school system will be unable to build the new schools that are needed (and already planned) or to renovate existing schools (also already planned)?

This seems impossible.

If there were to be such a shortfall, couldn't this have been predicted soon enough to raise the property taxes enough to cover the shortage of funds?

Perhaps they didn't realize that the 10 years was ending soon when the hugely expensive (but beautiful) renovation at Lake Brantley High School was planned and carried out.

Once again, county government is giving the appearance that there is no reasonable choice for voters other than approval of this tax.